Morning Notes

More on the Arlington Goat Prank — The Navy has confirmed that Bill the Goat, the U.S. Naval Academy mascot, was the goat that was found tied up in a median at the intersection of Army Navy Drive and S. Eads Street, near the Pentagon, this past weekend. The goat was “recovered Saturday morning in good condition.” The Army-Navy football game is Dec. 8 and a Navy spokeswoman noted: “Bill the Goat has been a part of our 10-game winning streak against Army, so we are glad to have him back before the big game next week.” [Navy Times]

Arlington GOP Counts Accomplishments — Even though Republican candidates did not win a single race in Arlington, members of the Arlington County Republican Committee are tallying some small victories. “We kept Arlington moving toward more common-sense policies,” said Matt Wavro, this year’s GOP County Board candidate. [Sun Gazette]

‘Shark Tank’ Charity Pitch Event — Twenty entrepreneurs from around Virginia will have a chance to pitch their business startup ideas to panel of business leaders and investors in Arlington this morning. The Shark Tank-like pitch competition will help raise money for charity. The event is taking place at the Ballston offices of Arlington Economic Development, but tickets are no longer available. [Eventbrite]

If ever a photo could make Costco more appealing and bucolic, this one did. Good job and thanks for the contribution, Katie.

CW

Shortly thereafter, a rusted-out dodge minivan with Maryland plates ran over these plants as the family of 10 hopped out and started loading 10,000 bottles of water and 400 rolls of paper towels into the back.

Josh S

Don’t forget the part where it took them 10 times longer to back out of their parking space than it should have.
ASSERT, PEOPLE! ASSERT!

The Naval Academy and West Point should give a big donation to AWLA. Not only did they waste resources when poor Bill had to be rescued, but the whole thing is a shameful mistreatment of an innocent animal. I would love it if arlnow asked the schools whether they intend to do anything for AWLA.

Quoth the Raven

A bit of an overreaction, isn’t it? Wow. Lighten up, Francis!

B22201

I thought the West Point code of honor was: “A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do”

Is there supposed to be more to that? *Unless it’s from Navy

John Fontain

I suspect Goat-gate was nothing more than a well-planned publicity event coordinated between the schools.

Josh S

I guess that’s one way to describing your typical college-team-mascot-prank.

WeiQiang

everyone does realize that the mascot prank is a tradition, right? though i personally don’t advocate for stealing animals and leaving them in a location where they are put at risk, a prank where no person or animal or property is damaged is OK with me. hope the goat wasn’t terrified. in addition, there is cost in having ‘first responders’ and other infrastructure involved. next challenge is to see how good a prank they can pull without incurring cost to the public.

For their next trick, Army should show up to the actual game and reverse their 10-year losing streak to Navy

Wilbur

I punched what the ArlGOP said into Google Translate, and this is what I got: “Really! REALLY! WE ARE NOT IRRELEVANT! ReAlLy! Why Wont Someone Listen to Me?!?!?!” I’m talkin’ here!”

SteamboatWillie

Matt Wavro has a tough job, so I cut him some slack, but his statement is detached from reality.

Magdalenamuffin

What infantile, thoughtless act to tie a Goat up in a very busy intersection. Cruel and meaningless! Why do humans think they can treat animals like that! Tie those bastard up in an intersection with heavy traffic and exhaust for a day! They need to be disciplined! Animal abuse!!!

Quoth the Raven

Oh stop it. The goat wasn’t there “for a day”, was it? Abuse? Come on. For all you know, the goat-nappers were very kind to the animal, and gave him treats and a massage en route to the intersection. We’re a far cry away from Michael Vick with his dogs.

Captain_Obvious

Now that’s some sarcasm !

Curly

The wavin’ wheat, it sure smells sweet…

Glebe Roader

I’m not blaming ARLnow.com for my lack of knowledge regarding the “Shark Tank” event, but why post about an event happening in 2 hours that readers cannot attend?

Jaws

Wish I had know about the Shark Tank event. I would have liked to have gone. Maybe ArlNow can do a follow-up story on what transpired.

By the way, the AED office has the most spectacular views of the Ballston area. They are in one of the tall buildings near I-66/Fairfax Drive, near Booeymonger and CACI.

I think it’s terrible that goat was tied up and abandoned. That’s cruel. There ought to be some consequences for the individuals who did this. If these people are old enough to be in college, serve their country in war, and vote, they ought to be held accountable. At the very least, do some community service for the AWLA so they understand the plight of homeless animals.

Quoth the Raven

You have got to be kidding me. “so they understand the plight of homeless animals”. I sincerely hope you’re being sarcastic and I’m just not getting it. If so, well done. If not, get a grip. It was a prank. The goat is fine.